Comments on: Into the Wild http://system13.org/2008/04/01/into-the-wild/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:39:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Josh http://system13.org/2008/04/01/into-the-wild/#comment-41779 Josh Fri, 02 May 2008 21:45:38 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=525#comment-41779 Patrick: Yeah, true, true. It was tragic (and dumb, I still stand by that! ;) ), but at least it brings people to look at their lives and values. Patrick: Yeah, true, true. It was tragic (and dumb, I still stand by that! ;) ), but at least it brings people to look at their lives and values.

]]> By: patrick http://system13.org/2008/04/01/into-the-wild/#comment-41722 patrick Thu, 01 May 2008 22:35:52 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=525#comment-41722 McCandless's story is tragic, but then so many people have benefited from hearing it... a couple of years of hitchhiking and camping made a story that now challenges thousands (millions?) of people to reexamine their lives McCandless’s story is tragic, but then so many people have benefited from hearing it… a couple of years of hitchhiking and camping made a story that now challenges thousands (millions?) of people to reexamine their lives

]]> By: Josh http://system13.org/2008/04/01/into-the-wild/#comment-40112 Josh Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:46:20 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=525#comment-40112 <strong>Tom</strong>: Perhaps you've got something going there. I suppose our common sense is indeed to look to things / people / other external things for happiness. I can agree that that thinking is often exercised too long. However, I also think that the opposite can be true as well. Yeah, less can, and often <em>is</em>, more; but sometimes too little can be dangerous. Going into a desert with no water, even though water is a "thing", would be relatively stupid; chances are you'll die of thirst. Going into the Alaskan wilderness with no maps, a gun, and one bag of rice? I'd call that stupid, too. Good point, though, about common sense. Tom: Perhaps you’ve got something going there. I suppose our common sense is indeed to look to things / people / other external things for happiness. I can agree that that thinking is often exercised too long.

However, I also think that the opposite can be true as well. Yeah, less can, and often is, more; but sometimes too little can be dangerous. Going into a desert with no water, even though water is a “thing”, would be relatively stupid; chances are you’ll die of thirst. Going into the Alaskan wilderness with no maps, a gun, and one bag of rice? I’d call that stupid, too.

Good point, though, about common sense.

]]> By: Tom http://system13.org/2008/04/01/into-the-wild/#comment-40086 Tom Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:05:21 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=525#comment-40086 Let me offer this counter point. Perhaps its the "common sense" that leads us to “things, things, always more things.” Perhaps it's the common sense that is flawed and at odds with our natures? Let me offer this counter point.

Perhaps its the “common sense” that leads us to “things, things, always more things.” Perhaps it’s the common sense that is flawed and at odds with our natures?

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